Sony Pictures making Metal Gear movie

[UPDATE] Executive confirms his movie studio is working on the live-action adaptation of the seminal stealth action series; Sony also pondering EverQuest film.

At the Electronic Entertainment Expo last year, Konami revealed that work had begun on a live-action movie based on Metal Gear Solid. The news broke via a pamphlet for Studio Kojima, the Konami-owned development house headed up by Metal Gear series creator Hideo Kojima.

"I have received many offers to adapt Metal Gear Solid. It has taken a long time, but we have finally settled on an arrangement," Kojima said in a statement. "False facts aside, a movie project is underway. I have finalized a Class-A contract with a party in Hollywood."

For eight months, the identity of the aforementioned "party" was unknown. That changed this week, when Sony Pictures Entertainment vice chairman Yair Landau revealed his studio is developing the project.

"We're working with the Metal Gear guys," Landau told GameSpot following his D.I.C.E. summit keynote address in Las Vegas. "It's a very cinematic game, it really lends itself to movie telling. But the question is, 'How do you translate Snake's experience into a full arc that conforms to what audiences expect on the large screen?'"

Landau also hinted the Metal Gear Solid movie may just be the beginning. "There are other games we are looking to develop," the executive said. "We're working with one of my favorite producers right now on an idea for an EverQuest movie." The producer was apparently of such stature that Landau declined to name him. "I'll let him disclose that," he said cryptically.

Besides the forthcoming World of Warcraft film, currently in development at Warner Bros., the Metal Gear Solid movie is the highest-profile game-film project in Hollywood. Previously, that stature was held by the Peter Jackson-produced Halo adaptation, which imploded last year.

[UPDATE] On Friday, news of Sony's involvement surfaced in the Hollywood trades, which gave further details on the deal. According to The Hollywood Reporter, former New Line Cinema chief Michael De Luca is in talks to produce the project, with Kojima himself being named as executive producer.

Sony executives Sam Dickerman and Doug Belgrad are in charge of finalizing the deal to acquire the Metal Gear Solid film rights, which is apparently close to completion. Belgrad hailed the Metal Gear IP as "loaded with well-developed, intriguing characters and one of the first games to ever use cinematic tools in its storytelling."

1470 Comments

  • aslom1

    Posted Nov 21, 2009 11:28 am GMT

    Hello all, MGS film? FINALLY..I have created an MGS film myself, which rivals Philanthropy, but which takes real-life actors and creates an MGS film out if them! It is called MGS: Progeny of the Patriots. Here is the Youtube Trailer, and soon, I will upload the entire film (45 mins) onto Youtube, and Megaupload: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TwME3SAmFs

    Here is the Website for it also: http://metalgearaslom.blogspot.com/

    What do people think? please advertise this film...I need Kojima/the new fil producers to see it!

  • GuitarRipper420

    Posted Sep 3, 2009 3:54 am GMT

    David Hayter can be the one and only Solid Snake.

  • CptJuancho

    Posted Aug 29, 2009 11:13 pm GMT

    Please don't screw it up and make a good movie. I agree the story must be from the metal gear 1 (199. I almost cried at the end, it's too perfect.

  • GuitarRipper420

    Posted Aug 29, 2009 2:21 am GMT

    One more very important thing, it needs the soundtrack from the 1998 version, the theme right at the beginning of the game when that women is singing but with no words, it has the metal gear feel for me. I have just been waiting for this for 12 years.

  • GuitarRipper420

    Posted Aug 29, 2009 2:17 am GMT

    One more thing, the story from the Metal Gear Solid on playstation 1 had the perfect story, that is why i loved it, the story, 5 out of 5 stars.

  • GuitarRipper420

    Posted Aug 29, 2009 2:15 am GMT

    It just needs to be like Metal Gear Solid for Playstation 1998, then you have the best movie in the world, maybe you should make that game into the movie, that is still the best game in the world to me. I used to beat it everyday, man i still love that game over all of them.

  • hawk2320

    Posted Jul 24, 2009 10:29 am GMT

    I think making this movie should have a producer like Jerry Bruckheimer. Based on his previous movies like Hunt For Red October and many more have very good sound tracks. Including camera angles is what you need and you can get that from Jerry B. As for the director I would say Spielberg will be great but I do also think that there's other directors out there who can direct this film.

  • redskins2156

    Posted Apr 12, 2009 12:41 pm GMT

    I wish they would make it like they made the final fantasy movies. I don't think theres an actor out there that can fit Solid Snakes mold.

  • joelgargan

    Posted Mar 12, 2009 12:42 am GMT

    davorhazer are you joking? George Lucas? Steven Spielberg? Metal Gear is not a crappy summer action flick, its an action drama, and i believe a director(s) with experience in the area other than "Star Wars" should take the seat for this one... (Perhaps the Cohen Brothers....?)

  • Honeydipps

    Posted Feb 11, 2009 5:28 am GMT

    i'm more nervous than excited to see this movie. i know we all have our choices for the cast. well for me hugh jackman would make a great solid snake. but the key characteristic is his voice. there's so much drama going on in the series. how can they compress it into one movie without making it look like it was rushed? davorhazer was right, we've all had a rollercoaster ride playing the whole series. what we have perceived of this game can be easily destroyed if the game is not translated well into a movie.

  • kaoka

    Posted Feb 5, 2009 6:04 am GMT

    okay, I have a degree in music technology, and I got to say that overdubbing is a lot more work and a lot harder to make seem natural than you think, especially if it was for the whole movie and if your trying to fit someone voice over someone elses. it just wouldn't seem natural no matter what. and george lucas and steven spielberg shouldn't be allowed near MGS because they would turn it into the new indiana jones and none of us want to see that happen. and by the way if you want to see a good game-to-movie, watch max payne, because it is way better than you'd expect and I didn't even really get into the game. I think you should all stop worrying, cause if kojima is on the project you know it's gonna be awsome.

  • davorhazer

    Posted Feb 4, 2009 11:16 am GMT

    I'm not even going to bother watching if it's another mediocre game-to-movie deal. I just really don't want to ruin that moment after I've completed the series thinking, that was the best series of games, ever... I think steven spielberg or george lucas should take the chair

  • acortez707

    Posted Dec 29, 2008 1:26 am GMT

    That would b pretty sweeet!!!... Those games are hellla tight!!.

  • division_9

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 5:52 am GMT

    God Bless Kojima.

  • ShadowOfKratos

    Posted Jun 28, 2008 4:26 pm GMT

    Kojima said in a statement. "False facts aside, a movie project is underway. I have finalized a Class-A contract with a party in Hollywood."

    "According to The Hollywood Reporter, former New Line Cinema chief Michael De Luca is in talks to produce the project, with Kojima himself being named as EXECUTIVE PRODUCER."

    do you know what this means if it's true??
    it means this movie is NOT gonna end up like Hitman, or Street Fighter or some other b.s. game-movie adaptation. coz if Kojima has even just a nail on the project, he will make sure Hollywood makes this an Oscar... Kojima is gonna own!!!

  • bobbyslindog

    Posted Jun 23, 2008 12:01 am GMT

    thanks.. at last they made a movie of my number one favorite games mgs, that's what i've waited for too long ago when i was playing metal gear solid in playstation... that's my dream to watch a movie of metal gear at big screen....... thanks to Hideo Kojima my idol.. your fan Bob

  • nintendoecx

    Posted Jun 13, 2008 6:08 pm GMT

    cool cant wait to watch it. when is the movie going to release on theaters?

  • domot

    Posted Jun 2, 2008 3:59 am GMT

    Hope they still have David hayter and all that.And i hope they release a move for all 6 games

  • akiwak

    Posted May 21, 2008 5:11 pm GMT

    It would be a nice nod to have some of the people that have helped with the MGS legacy be in the movie. I always love seeing Stan Lee in his Marvel movies.

  • wellrod

    Posted May 18, 2008 3:07 pm GMT

    I think it could be okay I suppose but it would be really great if the voice actors took some part in the game like David Hayter!! Awesome!!!

  • benjamimmy

    Posted Apr 3, 2008 9:05 am GMT

    i think it would look kinda odd, if it was real life people but if they made it animated like the game's cutscenes, i think it would be really awesome.

  • topaz_flare

    Posted Apr 3, 2008 4:00 am GMT

    When I saw the topic, the first thing that I thought was " Oh F***!"
    please don't ruin the game for the love of everything MG....

    We don't need anymore sucky game movies so do it right.

  • Rsoub

    Posted Mar 24, 2008 5:52 pm GMT

    well every one saw the resident evil movie HITMAN , DOOM TOMB RAIDER. and alot more movies from video games and all these its just waste of time and money.
    if they will make metal gear movie it will be a SAGA or TRILOGY i hope it will be good movie but am not sure am metal gear fan from more then 10 years so please you movies production make it goooood please

  • LordSpleach

    Posted Mar 23, 2008 8:25 pm GMT

    I wish it could be a direct cut and copy from the game script, but I know audiences wouldn't want to keep up with the highly detailed plot.

  • DiabolicalX

    Posted Mar 23, 2008 4:12 pm GMT

    I hear from IMDB that Hideo Kojima is writing and directing, so it should be good

  • -_GrayFox_-

    Posted Mar 23, 2008 12:29 pm GMT

    I always saw metal gear as a movie kinda thing but you know what i was kinda thinking instead they should make it a movie but animated like the comic book and all the voice actors and OMFG that would rule. but ima still watch this movie when it comes out cause im a fan of Kojima's work

  • -_GrayFox_-

    Posted Mar 23, 2008 12:26 pm GMT

    IM watching it good or bad just because im a fan i wanna see this ****

  • IMBSquared

    Posted Mar 22, 2008 10:37 pm GMT

    I'm not so sure David Hayter would be best to play as Snake. I saw him the other day in Guyver 2 (not to be confused with McGuyver) and he wasn't a bad match, but that movie is over 15 years old and I'm not so sure he looks the part anymore. Hugh Jackman wouldn't be a bad match, but the voice would definitely be a problem, since I can't think of a single film where dubbing actually looked or sounded natural. As for Christian Bale and David Boreanz.... ummm... yeah... keep looking.

  • octocam

    Posted Mar 21, 2008 11:44 pm GMT

    dude christian bale would be unreal!! for those that dont know hes batman in batman begins and the dark knight

  • Shishio817

    Posted Mar 21, 2008 2:29 pm GMT

    It'd be an awesome movie, if it's done right.

  • anasor07

    Posted Mar 21, 2008 12:43 pm GMT

    in my opinion i should have wait at least one year after the release of the game to anounce it, because it could be one of two a great succes or another shi.... movie god i hope not ! because it is a very important and impresive game. Anyway lets wait to what happend

  • lfg18

    Posted Mar 19, 2008 12:34 am GMT

    well i just hope those Hollywood guys don't make a horrible movie like they have done with all the other video game based movies (street fighter, mario bros, mortal kombat), resiident evil was not that bad...well
    and as DonCarlone said as least snake's voice must be in the movie

  • schawnneo

    Posted Mar 18, 2008 10:10 am GMT

    it's gonna rock the world !!

  • BelmontMaster

    Posted Mar 17, 2008 9:54 pm GMT

    Unless Hayter is Snake then it can't be a Metal Gear movie.

  • DonCarlone

    Posted Mar 17, 2008 8:32 am GMT

    Whatever actor they use (I think Jackman would be a great young Snake) they should probably think about dubbing in Hayter's voice. The voice is what makes the man in this case.

  • awa123456789_12

    Posted Mar 16, 2008 4:42 am GMT

    sweet... John McCain as Snake!

  • chrissypere

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 8:55 am GMT

    i deffo agree with everything thesorrow395 says, keep everything simple , all the voices are perfeck for the people , GO MGS XD

  • OMGitsZAL

    Posted Feb 23, 2008 2:06 pm GMT

    Keep Phil LaMarr as Vamp.

  • TheSorrow395

    Posted Feb 10, 2008 11:20 am GMT

    If the original actors of the game do not play the part they should, it really wouldnt be a good movie. Listen to this crap: Johnny Depp as Vamp?! Sneaky2, what have you been smokin' and where can I get some? Eric Banner? Aussie? What the Hell?! Bendall01, you should know Snake is American. By the way, Bendall01, sleep with one eye open... And who the Hell is Nick Lachey!? I swear...Some people just dont know when to think: "Hmmm, David Hayter has played Snake since the Dawn of Metal Gear. Wouldn't it be fitting to let him play as the guy hes voiced since characters could have voices in MG games?"... Plus, I think Hideo should have appear in the movie somewhere.

  • DVD7227

    Posted Feb 1, 2008 8:39 pm GMT

    Ehhh I love MGS i just hate the idea of video games being imported to movies, hope they pull it off.

    Crosses fingers for the near future

  • fahyman93

    Posted Jan 20, 2008 11:08 am GMT

    youve got to have david hayter playin snake and wen is this film coming out?

  • Stryker521

    Posted Jan 14, 2008 3:56 am GMT

    Hell YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!

  • ronniepage588

    Posted Jan 10, 2008 4:55 pm GMT

    YES! This is probably the first promising videogame-based movie to date. sony is making it, and kojima will be on hand the entire time, executive producer basically means he is there to make sure they doing things correct and faithful, and incase they run into any problems and to answer any questions. the only thing left that is really the most crucial part, is the director. yeah, the actors will be important, but the right director is the most crucial decision.

  • Donnyp

    Posted Jan 3, 2008 9:08 pm GMT

    All these names everyone is saying are the exact same over and over. Jackman couldnt do it cause of the wolverine movie. It'd take alot longer to release. Plus the thing that makes him snake is his voice. Unless David does it he has to coach the actor into sounding like snake. Thats the only 2 options. It could turn out like Slient hill. If you play the game the movie sucks if you havent the movie is awsome. And as for people saying not a single good movie based game. I thought hitman was a good movie. O and halo will be one liners and no story. But action sells.

  • The_fool_man

    Posted Jan 1, 2008 6:23 am GMT

    jackman would be good as snake
    plus he can change up his voice for sure

  • Mr_born808

    Posted Dec 30, 2007 4:44 pm GMT

    ooohhh nnoo, the greatest story in Video games with be ruined by B!t*he$.

  • themanofsteel18

    Posted Dec 29, 2007 10:35 am GMT

    Why not hugh jackman as snake?
    He has the look but not sure about the voice.

  • Ronny411

    Posted Dec 28, 2007 5:30 am GMT

    OMG. Craped in my pants when i saw this.xD. i had no idea it was coming a MGS Movie.,

    But yes it will be hard hiring a actor to actualy fit as snake, Cause like said before David Hayter is Thee voice of Snake. Only actor i can think of atm that might fit, oddly enough is David Boreanaz .

    ,But however it goes i realy realy looking forward to this movie))

  • bendall01

    Posted Dec 25, 2007 6:54 pm GMT

    ERIC BANNER FTW - he cold easily play Snake, plus he is an Aussie

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